Insecticidal fumigant composition with solid rubber carrier particles



Patented May}, 1948 TICLES Charles W. Murray,

SOLID RUBBER CARRIER PAR- Glenside Pa., assignor to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of l'fldllltlll'e No Drawing. Application March 12,

' Serial 6 Claims. (Cl. 167-39) (Granted under the amended April 8 This application is made under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended by the act of April 30. 1928, and the invention herein described and claimed, if patented, may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon. n

The principal object of this invention is the act of March a, 1883, as

, 2 substantially the fumigating eifects of the chemicals.

It is also possible to incorporate certain solid materials in the rubber particles by means of a solvent. For instance, para-dichlorobenzene may be dissolved inethylene dichloride and this mixture added to rubber particles. Both liquid and solid will be incorporated uniformly in the rubber.

Time chemical was retained by the dust or mineral. v

In each case the rubber materials prolonged P paration of insecticidal materials from or- 10 One satisfactory procedure for accomplishment ganic materials andpolymers suchas rubber and of the above is to make a 10 percent solution of plastics. para-dichlorobenzene in ethylene dichloride.

The eneral purp of th s inv nti n is t pro- Then add 20 cubic centimeters of this mixture I Vide more emcient means of pp ying as indirectly with agitation to 100 grams of 60 mesh 7 secticides such materials as ethylene dichloride, ground soft rubber. The resulting mixture may c o oni rin. ca b di fide.' met yl b o ide. be used directly in certain types of soil fumigapara-dichlorobenzene, naphthalene, etc. t ons,

In cert in operations h v n o d wi control Other types of rubber besides soft may be used. f inse ts i I ve y difilcult, if not impossible. o For instance, hard rubber as well as synthetic pply the ch mi al uniformly and without inhard and soft rubbers areequally eflicient. Othjury to the plant. An example is the use of ethyler chemicals besides ethylene dichloride and parae dichloride emulsion in the control-of peach dichlorobenzene may be used as chloropicrin,

borer- T e n breaks rather easily, carbon disulflde, naphthalene, camphor, etc.

h r f n applying the material, the various Condensation polymers, as urea-formaldehyde; trees receive different amounts of the insecticide. 88 l r polymers, as methyl methacrylate; and Also, when applied in this manner,-there ma be copolymers asgmethyl methacrylate-ethyl acrylsome injury because 0f 0011158017 of the liquid t ate have a tendency either to react with or be tende parts of thetree y te dissolved by the liquid insecticides mentioned 7 Many volatile toxic materials cannot now be b namely, arbon disulfide, ethylen used as insectici l p y dusts because they chloride, chloropicrin, etc. The more volatile re n retained on the Plant for long enough chemicals are not retained well, and those that Pe to be practical for control 'D D are soluble in water are readily washed out of the This invention is designed to improve the hanp m s of t ground scrap plastics may lins p pe f volatile liquid insecticides, to be treated with certain of the organic insectiren er h m e toxic to Plants and to enlarge cides to give a combination of the plastic and the the field of useful insecticides by prolonging their insecticide. a i w Sprayed dusted on P Thefollowing table shows the retentive prophave found by experiment that various forms m of some plastic molding powders; of rubber will retain organic materials for varying lengths of time. The following table shows 4 the retaining properties of hard and soft rubber cellulose vinyl Phenol. stydusts as compared with an equal weight of pyro-- Acetate Resin Formaldehyde rene phylite. a dusty, crystalline material. tAll inia- H terials were treated with 2 percent of he in 1- Hrs. Hrs. n. cated hemi a ttifittiifii'fffi i ifeificitfi t Carbon disulflde. 1 cold except only M eig teen: g g 't figgg Byrophylite time.

Eth lene dichloride.-- 75 minutes-. 55 mlnutes 17 minutes. 9 7 Carbon disulflde minutes.. 30minutes Bminutes.

lasminums' mmhmm' These chemicals volatilize at difierent rates from the abovepowders, and, therefore, the latter are valu able carriers for this type of insecticide. i

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim for Letters Patent is:

1. A composition comprising a. volatile liquid insecticide and a vehicle therefor consisting of dry hard rubber in finely divided form. .2. A composition of matter comprising a volatile liquid insecticide and finely divided solid rubber as a vehicle therefor, said finely divided rubber being present in major amount.

8. The composition described in claim 1, in

which the volatile liquid insecticide is ethylene dichloride.

4. The composition described in claim 2 in which the volatile liquid insecticide is ethylene dichloride, and having an ordinarily solid insecticide dissolved in the ethylene dichloride.

5. Thecompositlon described in claim 2 in which the volatile liquid insecticide is ethylene dichloride, and having para-dichlorobenzene incorporated therewith.

Number Name Date 1,897,573 Curran Feb. 14, 1933 1,908,619 Wieder May 9, 1933 2,051,840 Gerhart Aug. 25, 1936 2,061,570 Frolich et a1. Nov. 24, 1936 2,101,587 Levine Dec. 7, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Dete 455,605 Great Britain--1--- Oct. 23, 1936 4 0 8. The composition described in claim 2. in which the volatile liquid insecticide is an allphatic halogen compound.

CHARLES W. MURRAY.

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